Show of Shakespeare P- P PT P-I TA P-TA T A Analyzes Its of Comic Books hooks i I Y Y News news Service I May My 20 The 20 The questa ques- ques ta bad about the bad l 11 has been concretely J a report to th the a athe an- an lion of the National V Parents and Teachers 1 58 53 full length stories a committee 1 ph h of the ther r University of Iowa reported I I L That the plots are arc predominately predominately for control of riches or of I people people never never for the control over self which is a more urgent problem problem problem lem today 2 That physical force is almost invariably used not preceded by any attempt to reach peaceful agreement with the enemy 3 That the story ends with the extermination or complete isola- isola I tion of the enemy showing no re resulting resulting resulting re- re character effects on the tho principals in the struggle 4 4 That heroes and heroines arc are without physical blemish while villains are deformed and blem blem- Shakespeare Did It Shakespeare wrote on the same themes the comic books used but buthe buthe buthe he showed the deterioration of character after an evil or violent deed pointed out His stories did not end with the mere triumph of force declared emphatically I that there is a deficiency in the lives of children today that accounts accounts accounts ac ac- ac- ac counts for their fanatic interest In these comics The comic book is supplying some need he said Children are struggling to build themselves up We Ve must educate parents to children's childrens childrens children's chil chU- drens dren's need for recognition and expression We Vo must be as os smart as the comic book publishers Improvement Noted Gutter language and sexy pictures pictures pictures pic pic- tures in comic book magazines were noticeably improved after a concerted drive by 25 national organizations organizations organizations or or- was announced last fall faH Mrs H H. Otis Howgate of Greenwich Conn reported Stories have remained the thc same she saidI saidI saidI said I lived in the heart of the comic book publishing country she re re- re ported One published there has declared openly that there are more morons than people In U this s se n e country and as long as that is the situation he will go on catering entering to the morons i A west coast survey on the effect ef ef- effect I er-I feet of childrens children's radio thrillers i was reported by Harold B. B McCarty McCarty McCarty Mc- Mc i Carty of Madison Wis Vis director I of that states state's educational radio station Term Programs Harmful Of more than psychologists and other mental hygiene experts polled 81 said they believe radio thrillers contribute to juvenile delinquency delinquency delinquency de de- de- de and 90 called these programs harmful The best method for fighting unwholesome comic books radio programs and movies is to influence influence influence I ence consumer selection by reach reach- ing the family the convention speakers eakerns said I Persuasion of producers and is next most effective with new legislation usually to be used only as a last resort |